19 Jun 2026
John Jumper to leave Google DeepMind for Anthropic
A pedestrian passes by the Google office in New York City on Jan. 25, 2023. Leonardo Munoz | View Press | Getty Images Senior research scientist John Jumper said on Friday he would leave Google DeepMind to join AI startup Anthropic, the latest high-profile departure at the Big Tech giant's AI research and development division.
19 Jun 2026
Microsoft's AI ambitions came with hidden costs — investors are not happy
Microsoft shareholders accuse the company of concealing AI spending risks Azure growth slowed as AI infrastructure demands consumed computing resources Investors claim key business challenges were not fully disclosed
19 Jun 2026
4 Space Stocks to Load Up On While SpaceX Gets All the Attention
The blockbuster debut of Space Exploration Technologies -- better known as SpaceX -- has consumed the market's attention this past month. That's fair enough as it's one of the most consequential initial public offerings (IPOs) in years, and the stock has been soaring since its initial public offering (IPO). But here's what gets lost in that noise: While investors scramble for SpaceX shares, a…
19 Jun 2026
New robot plugs moving wires with 99.5% accuracy in factory test
Canadian robotics company Sanctuary AI has reported a significant achievement in industrial automation. The firm said its system achieved a task success rate of more than 99.5 percent during a complex wire-plugging task for a global Tier 1 automotive supplier.
19 Jun 2026
Claude Learned to Operate Robodog on Its Own
Anthropic showcased a robot controlled by Claude. The AI model outperformed the company’s employees at working with it. However, the chatbot still failed to successfully complete the experiment’s final task.
19 Jun 2026
US export ban on Anthropic’s AI models further strains alliances
Artificial intelligence has become the latest issue to drive a wedge between the United States and its allies after US President Donald Trump ordered tech giant Anthropic to cut off foreign access to its powerful Mythos 5 and Claude Fable 5 AI models, citing national security concerns.
19 Jun 2026
L’Oréal accelerates generative AI content engine with fresh OpenAI deal
OpenAI’s advertising platform remains a building site, but marketers remain incredibly keen to forge alliances with the generative AI leader. L’Oréal is the latest to strike a deal, this week unveiling a partnership to give it a leg up in product discovery and to use the organization’s latest models in its CreAItech marketing production system. Subsidiary brand Maybelline is also set to integrate…
18 Jun 2026
Project Fetch: Phase two
In August 2024, we ran an experiment to see how much Claude could help Anthropic employees—who were not robotics experts—perform sophisticated (and amusing) tasks with an off-the-shelf robotic quadruped (henceforth, a robodog). We called this Project Fetch. We found that access to our state-of-the-art model at the time (Claude Opus 4.1) helped one team substantially outperform the other, who had…
18 Jun 2026
Sports Journalists Asked Microsoft’s Copilot to Predict World Cup Matches, and the Results May Surprise You
AI has wormed its way into every crevice of the 2026 World Cup. It’s dreaming up sloppified soccer jerseys, collating thousands of on-field data points, and even guarding venues in the form of robot surveillance dogs that presumably can’t be bribed with sausage. Yet for all its busywork, AI remains blissfully ignorant on the one metric that matters: who wins and who loses.
